Bernado
explained to CNN that the auctions was prompted by a desire
to look after her bed-ridden mother, who suffered a stroke this
year. According to neighbors Bernado never knew her father and
her sister died years ago.

Her mother does not approve of the plan, and hopes that Bernado
will get a job instead. An offer by a Brazilian TV network to pay
for her mother's medical expenses was apparently refused as
Bernado is also seeking money to relocate. So far the highest bid
is for $35,000.

This isn't the first case of a virginity-for-sale in Brazil.

Last year 20-year-old Catarina Migilorini put her virginity on
sale online. Migilorini was taking part in an auction organized
by an Australian documentary filmmaker, and
eventually accepted an offer of $780,000.